Curt, Since she was shipping during one of the “migration” periods and along a busy corridor, I’m sure it was cheaper. Starting after Labor Day the migration of snowbirds begins slowly, peaking in late October and going until Thanksgiving. Since everyone is going in one direction and there are few going out, a lot of carriers are deadheading back North to get more loads. Some of them contract with rental car companies to move inventory or leasing companies who are moving cars to other markets. That’s still a small number compared to what’s going south at the time.
-D > On Apr 30, 2021, at 1:27 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Neat. > Back around 2002-2004 Angie and I used to drive a car to Florida from MA for > a wealthy little old lady. We'd spend a week with her, Angie was her live in > massage therapist and I was the handyman. She paid for everything and flew us > back home.IIRC it cost about $1500 all told which included a car to take us > from the airport back home.She told us that it was much cheaper and faster > (we took 3 days driving) to have us move her car vs having it shipped. I > don't know if that was true or she just liked having us around... > -Curt > > On Friday, April 30, 2021, 12:26:05 PM EDT, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Oldest stepson decided to move from FL to NC with two cars: shipping one and > driving one. > > He contacted a Las Vegas based car-mover broker (from the Internet) who gave > him a good price (like $500, I think). But when the deadline came it became > clear that he would not get scheduled any time soon and no other broker > would work with him as long as he was "on the board" with that original > broker. Fortunately he was able to cancel that original arrangement > (apparently someone there did not get the word not to answer his calls). > > Then he was able to list with a more reputable broker and was scheduled for > pickup the very next day (about $800 I think). > > That actual move was very smooth: door to door in two days. I met the > driver last evening, a great guy originally from somewhere in the Middle > East (didn't ask). If someone needs a car moved on the east coast, I can > recommend JILA Transportation: 781-244-9351 or 781-521-0077 for direct > contact bypassing brokers. Apparently, the brokers get about $200 for > scheduling but the truckers do all the actual work. The broker took a > credit card but the trucker was COD. > > I never shipped a car and knew none of this. I didn't think to ask folks > here until the original deal fell apart and by then we were out of time. > Maybe this experience will help others or maybe experienced members can say > what we did wrong. > > Scott > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
